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Africa: Don't Forget Carnage of Malaria While World Focuses on Covid-19 - Researchers, Health Professionals
allAfrica, 30 November 2020
Twenty-one countries have experienced three consecutive years of zero indigenous cases of malaria since 2000. Ten countries where malaria once raged have been certified free of… Read more »
How Long Will We Tolerate Preventable, Treatable Malaria Deaths?
African actions to fight malaria since 2000 have saved nearly eight million lives, especially of African children, on a continent that suffers the highest burden of malaria disease and deaths. But in its 30 November World Malaria Report, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that lack of funding and disruptions to medication supply chains by Covid-19 could doom tens of thousands of people.
"While Africa has shown the world what can be achieved if we stand together to end malaria as a public health threat, progress has stalled," says Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, and some African nations are losing ground. It is unacceptable, says the head of Roll Back Malaria, that "a preventable and treatable disease" continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, mostly in poorer countries.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Africa director, says international partners and national governments must ensure, despite the economic devastation of the pandemic, to reduce deaths from malaria, which far exceed those from Covid-19.
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allAfrica, 30 November 2020
Although Africa continues to be the region in the world hardest hit by malaria, it has made major gains in reducing the number of cases - and deaths - over the past decade. Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 Hinders Fight Against Malaria in Africa
DW, 30 November 2020
The WHO is worried that it will fail to reach the goals set in the fight against malaria. Death rates are expected to rise sharply again in 2020 because resources are being… Read more »
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Africa: Doctors on the Frontline Tell How Coronavirus Pandemic Slows Progress Against HIV
DW, 1 December 2020
HIV infection rates are falling in many African countries, and effective drugs are increasing the life expectancy of patients. But the coronavirus pandemic has meant a major… Read more »
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Africa: Countries Rise to Double Challenge of Malaria & COVID-19 - Pandemic Looms Over a Malaria-Free Future
RBM, 30 November 2020
Africa avoids doubling of malaria deaths in 2020, however progress continues to flatline in high-burden countries South-East Asia makes great strides towards malaria elimination 10… Read more »
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Africa: WHO Calls for Reinvigorated Action to Fight Malaria
WHO, 30 November 2020
Global malaria gains threatened by access gaps, COVID-19 and funding shortfalls Read more »
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Scientists are calling for immediate action to prevent a species of mosquito new to Africa - which, unusually, thrives in urban areas - from spreading. It has already been reported ... Read more »
